What public reporting says
This threat actor targets civil society groups and Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents.
Stealth Falcon threat group
Stealth Falcon is an espionage group thought to operate from United Arab Emirates, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on civil society organisations, with 2 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
- Attack techniques
- 13
- Countries and victims named
- 2
- Thought to operate from
- United Arab Emirates
- Suspected backing
- United Arab Emirates
- Motive
- Espionage
- Other names
- 2
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview
Who is Stealth Falcon?
Stealth Falcon has 2 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
Also known as
FruityArmorG0038
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
How it works
How does Stealth Falcon attack? Stage by stage.
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 13 linked to Stealth Falcon, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 6 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Stage 10 of 15
5 techniquesLooking around
Mapping the network, accounts and data once inside.
- T1012Query Registry
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1082System Information Discovery
Targets
Who does Stealth Falcon go after?
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (2)
- 01United Arab Emirates
- 02United Kingdom
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Stealth Falcon is an espionage group thought to operate from United Arab Emirates, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on civil society organisations, with 2 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places Stealth Falcon as operating from United Arab Emirates, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include civil society, and 2 countries and victims are named, including United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.
Public reporting links Stealth Falcon to 13 attack techniques. Most of them are about looking around, running code and keeping contact with their servers.
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